Data Analyst at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Specific tasks and responsibilities

• GEF-UNEP team capacity building on standard templates (workplans, budgets, supervision plans) found in the Climate Mitigation Unit GEF medium and full-size portfolio.
• Develop videos and visualizations charts to facilitate Executing Agencies capacity building on systems and templates used by CCM unit;
• CCM Unit team and PPG consultants' capacity building on the new GEF-8 CCM project design annexes excel tool;
• Systematizing a data collection structure that is implemented as a part of the existing processes and provides outcomes from the inputs received;
• Propose a process using MS planner to track indicators and manage Finance team requests;
• Improvements for CCM Programme and Finance Dashboard, including complementary visualizations and integration with the new data collecting structure and other systems (UMOJA, MS planner, GEF CO PIR platform);
• Document the data structure architecture, including connections involved, the relevant information flows, roles and responsibilities of each member (technical / administrative); • Coordinate the completion of the process manual, including description of roles, responsibilities and step-by-step instructions for each process;
• Develop inputs for team retreats;
• Refine CCM team’s key performance indicators and develop dashboards to track these indicator against agreed targets;
• Develop proposals and implement improvements to CCM finance team analysis and approval of executing agency financial reporting;
• Review data input and data mining procedures for the finance and program dashboards to reduce duplication and increase on timeliness, accuracy and efficiency. • Implement a new folder structure.

Qualifications/special skills

• Advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Environmental Management, Environmental Policy, Computer Sciences, Management or in a related field is required
• A first level degree with an additional one and a half years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.
• Minimum one and a half years’ experience in VBA, SQL, Microsoft Power Platform (Power BI, Power Automate and Power Apps) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) (minimum one and a half years) is required.
• Experience in working with countries or international organizations in the preparation of data management and assessment tools is required.
• Familiarity with the policies and guidelines of the GEF and UNEP is desirable.
• Experience in the development and structuring of project and portfolio monitoring tools, workplans, budgets, and reporting trackers for projects from multilateral agencies, such as the Green Climate Fund, the Global Environment Facility, or the Adaptation Fund, is desirable.